Improvement in water-elfcvators



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GEORGE ILLIAS, F DALLA'STOW'N, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,3 l 'dated September 20, 1864.

To aZZ whom it may conce'n:

Figurel shows a plan of the apparatus,

` the top H of the frame beingremoved so as to see the shaft and the parts below it. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a cross-section on the red line/ in Fig. 1.

` Similar letters of reference lindicate 'like' parts-f `4'rriepreseuts made of convenient dimensions to suit the well or cistern. VThe floor E of the platform isto be raised, as shown,upon the sills, and holes for the passage 0f the buckets are cut through them, as shown at g. Metal strips n are fastened to the door lfor the rollers e of the movable platform B tov run`upon. The platform Bis made of a width ample tocover the bucket-holes g, and guides f project from its under side at either end, passing down' through slots s, cut iu th'e floor E, as seen in both tigures.'

A wire post, h, is attached `to the outer front edge of the movable platform, by which to move it to and fro. Other slots, i, are also -cut in the movable platform to receive the chain a when the platform is rolled over the 'holes g. l

The top frame, 1l, rests `upon the standards A', and the wire b, is secured to it, as shown,

directly over the wheel D. This wire extends down on each side of the chain, and termi- 'nates on each side in a fork, the oce of which is to arrest the bucket by embracingv `its bottom part, as shown in red outline in- Fig. 2. The shaft F passes through the standards A and runs upon frictionr`ollers,

the elevator, wliiehis to be (as seen in Fig. 1,) which are mounted in mctalllc boxes S. A groove, a, is cut around the shaft at one end for one pair of frictionrollers to run in, to lprevent end-play of the shaft. A ratchet-wheel, J, is secured upon lthe shaft, and detents j, which engage it, one

on eachA side, are supported ,upon a bracket, Q, beneath. A trough, C, with a spoilt, V, is secured at one end to one of the standards A', and the other end is supported by metal 'straps or rods O, which are secured to the top frame, as shown in Fig. 2.

D is a sprocket-wheel, grooved, which car- I ries the chain to which the buckets care at tached. The trough is cut away, as seen at U', to receive and supportthe sides of thebucket. when it is tilted, and a hook is secured Mto the'sides of the trough at the center of each opening, to catch upon the-top edge ot' the bucket as it ascends and so cause it to beA tilted over the trough. The shaft F is turned by a crank, or by any other convenient device. The movable p atform is suitably protected and strengthened by metal straps 1.

T he operation of the apparatus is plainly to be seen from the foregoing description.

Having. thus described myinvention,1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The movable platform B, constructed substantially as shown, in combination with 'the llooring of the main platform E, substantally as described. p l v 2. The combinationof the double buckets,

vthe chain, and sprocket-wheel, the forked rod,

l, the trough C ratchet with double deten-ts, and the driving-shaft, substantially as described.

3.. The combination of the movable platform with the devices -genumeratod vin the'l 'claim next preceding, substantially as de scribed.

GEORGE ILLIAs.

Witnesses:

J. S. ILLIAS', J. S. Kanon. 

